While Exploding Military Spending, Trump Budget Eviscerates Funding for EPA, Healthcare and More

While Exploding Military Spending, Trump Budget Eviscerates Funding for EPA, Healthcare and More By Julia Conley Nearly two dozen federal programs and agencies are in danger of losing funding under President Donald Trump's 2019 budget proposal , released Monday. The proposed cuts will potentially result in drastic changes to social welfare programs and other government efforts to improve the lives of working people across the country as well as those in impoverished nations. While programs heralded by progressives may be in peril, the budget calls for a 13 percent increase in spending by the military, up from the Pentagon's 2017 level of spending. The president is asking for $686 billion in defense spending—$80 billion more than the Pentagon currently receives for its bloated and unaccountable budget. "When our nation can't manage to turn the lights on for the people of Pu...